My trip around the world included some time in the footsteps of St. Francis Xavier, and a poignant moment at his tomb in Goa.

Monks from the Namgyal Monastery in Dharamshala built a sand mandala and carried out a dissolution ceremony in Laguna Beach.

On Juneteenth, No Man Should Own AnotherIn 1775, a Church Where Black & White Could Worship Together Bull Run Regional Park’s emancipation history is honored.

Kirk Williamson is a semi-retired photojournalist. After 40 years in the newspaper business he now runs photography workshops and teaches college level photography courses.

Classic black and white celebrity photos tend to bring out the natural beauty of the '60s and '70s. No Photoshop is being used to enhance the colors or touch up the celebs in the photos.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before constructing a wooden meetinghouse in Virginia… ...

A silver communion cup a cotton plantation owner's wife gave to a church she built for enslaved workers is returned.

In Miami, Black churches remain vital pillars of spiritual and cultural life, but many are now navigating 21st-century challenges. Some churches are adapting and launching new initiatives.

Bill Price scours the internet for old black and white photographs and brings fragments of Florida history to life with color.

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new pope has been elected.

Today, thanks to modern chemistry, the smoke is unmistakable—thick black billows for inconclusive votes, or a bright white plume when a new pope is elected.

In the United States, the Black church emerged as a response to enslavement and as a powerful indictment of White Christian nationalism. The Black church sheltered fugitives, fed the hungry, educated ...